Communities in the driver’s seat: Black Mothers Forum microschools raise sustainability questions
The Black Mothers Forum (BMF), established in 2016 to combat institutional racism in Phoenix-area schools, responded to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic by creating a network of microschools. With Black leadership and a focus on racial justice, BMF fills a unique niche in a region where Black families are often underrepresented. In 2022, CRPE documented […]
Communities in the driver’s seat: Intensive training, deep investment power parent-led literacy programs in Oakland
Across the country, school systems are struggling to implement effective, research-based literacy instruction and to help students recover from lost learning time during the pandemic. At the same time, school systems sit near pools of untapped talent—community members who have personally experienced the harm of inequitable school systems and now brim with passion for addressing […]
Pods in Action: The Oakland REACH
REACH’s story demonstrates the potential for community-based organizations to play a larger role in addressing both current challenges and longstanding iniquities in the public education system.
Pods in Action: Black Mothers Forum
An education advocacy group that responded to the COVID-19 crisis by launching two microschools for Black families in Phoenix, Arizona.
